Security staff cordon off an area by the food court at the Westfield shopping centre (Picture: Steve Poston/LNP)

A privacy screen has been set up around the incident by the escalators on the bottom floor (Picture: @Moliblog)

A privacy screen has been set up around the incident by some escalators on the bottom floor.

A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said the woman and the man were both taken to hospital.

The woman has ‘non life-threatening injuries’, while there is no further update on the man’s condition, she said.

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An anonymous witness told Essex Live: ‘I was walking through the shopping centre to get to the station when I saw the barriers.

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File pic of shoppers at the Westfield in Stratford (Picture: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock)

‘They landed right outside the food court, which is the busiest place.

‘It didn’t look good at the scene, the ambulance crew weren’t in a rush, which is never a good sign.’

The Metropolitan Police said: ‘Police were called at approximately 16:00hrs on Wednesday, 17 October to reports of a man fallen from a height and a woman injured at Westfield Shopping Centre, Stratford.